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Purple Day

Purple clothes for epilepsy awareness, an idea begun by a nine-year-old girl in Nova Scotia in 2008.

The colours of Purple Day

Purple Day was started in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a schoolgirl in Nova Scotia, Canada, who had epilepsy and wanted other children with the condition to know they were not alone. She asked people to wear purple on 26 March and to talk about seizures openly. Epilepsy groups in Canada and the United States took the idea up and it is now kept in many countries. The colour comes from lavender, which had already been used as the flower and colour of epilepsy. Lavender is often linked with solitude, and it was meant to speak of the isolation many people with epilepsy feel. Schools hold purple dress days, and landmarks are lit purple at night.

#B497D6LavenderThe flower long used as the sign of epilepsy.
#7D3C98Purple Day purpleWorn on the day.
#DCCBEELight lilacRibbons and posters.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

LavenderThe awareness colour for epilepsy.PurpleWorn on the day.LilacA paler relation.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Purple Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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